That was some huge loss by Wolfsburg against Dortmund previously. I wonder if the players will be able to leave this behind quickly. But they had better do so because the time is running out for them when it comes to their goals for qualifying for a tournament. While there are three weeks left they are two points behind Leverkusen in the standings.
There is a really tight race for a spot in the Europa Conference League. But maybe Wolfsburg can have a good opportunity to take the position because of Leverkusen's fighting in the Europa League on one hand for a Champions League spot.
These results may still make an impression and are quite difficult for Wolfsburg to forget. But I hope they wake up soon and see more of the fact that now they do have a chance to shift Leverkusen in the standings and secure a European league place next season. On the other hand, Leverkusen will indeed be very tired of its players this week because they have just finished a European league match. But both Wolfsburg and Leverkusen will face bottom teams this week and I think they will all get full points. So I think this week there will be no position shift for the two teams.
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This week PSG will host Ajaccio and they are required to get 3 full points to be able to continue securing the Ligue 1 title this season. The news also says that Lionel Messi will be ready to fill the starting line-up in this match after the suspension was lifted last Monday. Messi's return will certainly make PSG's attack line sharp as usual and I hope he is able to give the best for PSG in this match later. Meanwhile, Ajaccio is still slumped in the relegation zone and it looks like they have no hope of leaving because the distance from Auxerre is 11 points.
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The first two semi-final first legs, in my opinion, were less exciting without so many goals, but the intensity of the matches was extraordinary. We can see from Juventus' statistics against Sevilla, even though the two teams played in a draw, there were a total of 7 yellow cards given by the referee to the players of the two teams. On the other hand, the match between Roma and Leverkusen, even though I favored Leverkusen enough to win, it was Roma who managed to win with a narrow score. Statistics also record a total of 7 yellow cards created during the match. It seems that each team doesn't want to be too reckless in attacking and is more careful to anticipate conceding. We will still be waiting for the results of the second leg later, of course both Juventus, Sevilla, Rome, Leverkusen will play freely to qualify for the European league finals.
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![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F6rcjMrg%2FLeao-contract-extension.png&t=665&c=4JWeysK0FDvfUA) According to Fabrizio Romano, Rafael Leao has signed a contract extension with Milan for 4 more years there. 5 million euros for his salary isn't a huge amount for a player like Leao to tell the truth. He deserves much more than this considering the effort he has made so far. But Milan aren't very rich now as far as I know. It must have been easy for them to convince him into it anyway as there wasn't any team intervening. His release clause is pretty huge - 175 million euros. I don't know how many teams would be willing to pay that much for his transfer fee. Osimhen has been more popular for a long time but even his price tag isn't that high as far as I know. It looks like Leao isn't much eager to leave the team now as he accepted these conditions. Maybe from Milan this contract extension feels very profitable and of course the fans are also happy to hear this news. Rafael Leao is a talented player and has contributed a lot while wearing the Milan jersey. I think that from Rafael Leao's part he feels disadvantaged, but as long as the player is very comfortable playing at Milan it's not a problem. The price clause is actually not that expensive either, but still no other team wants to spend that price. Maybe he is better at Milan first while continuing to hone his skills so that other teams are also starting to be tempted to sign him.
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![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FzXgB9N4G%2Fphoto-2023-05-11-23-34-32.jpg&t=665&c=3aeu_4E8jp0sTg) It's true that Manchester City have never lost at home and they always manage to beat their opponents when they host. If we look at the matches in the previous rounds this season when Manchester City played away games against Bayern Munich and also Leipzig, most of them always ended in draws and most recently they also managed to hold Real Madrid to a draw at the Santiago Bernabeu. It seems that Manchester City will still be favored to win at home regardless of what will happen, but still their opponent is Real Madrid, which sometimes can turn things around even at home. This will be a place to prove whether Manchester City is able to maintain its unbeaten record at home or Real Madrid manages to break this record at home to Manchester City later. I don't think Real Madrid understand the idea of home and away because even away in the Champions league they will be playing at top level to ensure they win. My advice to Manchester City is to never expect Real Madrid to back down even at the Ethihad stadium, they will give everything to win. Even the coach Pep Guardiola has great respect for Real Madrid because he knows that his opponent is not an arbitrary team and always has a history in this highest European competition. We can see in the first leg when Manchester City had an away match against Real Madrid, there Pep Guardiola did not replace a single player in the second half, even though it was already seen that several of his players were already experiencing fatigue, but Pep Guardiola still forced his players to survive until the match was over. It was so clear that Pep Guardiola was very wary of what Real Madrid would do if he changed any of his players and he didn't want that to happen, luckily they held on to a draw. The second leg will be a proving ground for these two teams, but Manchester City is still the favorite to qualify for the final round, while Real Madrid, as usual, is not the favourite. I think Real Madrid will still qualify for the final even if it is an away game because they don't differentiate anywhere, as long as they have 90 minutes they will do everything to win.
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The last weeks in Laliga is no longer so interest because Barcelona will win the title, while the rivalry between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid will not change anything because both teams still have the chance to play in the Champions League next season. Meanwhile, Real Sociedad in fourth place is seven points ahead of Villarreal in fifth
Indeed, it is quite not very exciting to see the final result without significant competition. Maybe if barcelona won la liga it wouldn't change anything and they deserve it. As for Real Madrid, in the next match against Getafe, I heard that Ancelotti will rotate all of his players, including calling up several academy players to fill in the starting line-up later because Benzema, Vini Jr, Kroos, Modric and Camavinga will be completely rested for the second leg against Manchester City is in the Champions League, so Real Madrid doesn't really have to worry about the results of winning or losing. For Atletico Madrid they will definitely come back to win the game this week and there is no doubt about it. Real Sociedad can still be comfortable in 4th place in the standings with this advantage and they will be a different team from Spain for the champions league next season. Villarreal seems to be still in poor form after only drawing against valencia and I think they will still finish in 5th position if they manage to win all their remaining matches.
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I just read the latest news if real madrid is interesting to sign him from PSG. I dunno whether this rumor was true or not, but it's worthy to wait it. I can't even wait for the summer transfer season to come soon.
Mbappe is too comfortable with what PSG has to offer but occasionally he also feels uncomfortable because his ambition is still far enough to be achieved. If he continues with PSG, I think he will be left behind a lot either by Haaland or several other players who are now taking things out of their comfort zone. It's not that PSG is a club that can't compete, it's just that Mbappe also needs to see clearly that a club that can carry his career further than PSG is of course the answer to Madrid. Mbappe's name this season has faded quite a bit at PSG and he is rarely able to make maximum achievements, indeed when compared to Haaland now Mbappe is under him for now. Being at PSG might be very fun because you get a lot of salary, but if you stay there too long, of course you won't get more experience. While he is still young and I think it is time for Mbappe to leave, especially next season he might just be left alone because Messi and Neymar will definitely leave PSG. I also read the news regarding Real Madrid who are now starting to approach Mbappe again and it seems that Real Madrid will not give up on this very talented player. Florentino Perez wants to start building Los Galacticos again by bringing in Bellingham and Mbappe this summer.
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The difference in points from the two teams is actually not that far and only a difference of 2 points. But Frankfurt as the host will definitely be favored to win in this match and Mainz may have to make every effort not to lose if they want to widen the gap from Frankfurt. If we reflect on the head to head, indeed I quite agree that it is likely that the match will end in a draw again. Maybe I will bet the handicap (0.75) with odds @1.54 in this match for Mainz's advantage, just in case Frankfurt can narrowly win over Mainz later, but if Mainz wins then I will be happier.
if you look at Frankfurt's overall performance with Mainz, in fact, the two of them almost have similarities in performance, which is always shown when the match is in progress. in fact these two teams are always unable to provide a large distance of points and are only a few points apart. but if you look at the table, the bookies favor Frankfurt on the grounds that the upcoming match will take place at home to Frankfurt which provides a bigger chance of winning for Frankfurt. bookies provide quite large odds and we can take advantage of this match. I think if Frankfurt will win in the match later, choosing the underdog team is very profitable. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FnMKYpJy%2FIMG-20230511-211657.jpg&t=665&c=fo2gQpi2GGXWUQ) It is certain that Frankfurt will be the underdog in this match but I do have a different view and therefore I will not change my bet to bet more on the handicap in favor of Mainz. Maybe the thing to watch out for from Mainz is that they have beaten Leipzig and Bayern Munich before, isn't that a good result for Mainz? Therefore, even though the Frankfurt odds are more convincing, I don't want to do anything that is uncertain and there's nothing wrong with betting on the team that will surprise later.
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This season is already over for Manchester United to win the EPL title and the only title they have won so far is the EFL Cup title. But Manchester United still has 1 more competition, namely the FA Cup, but they have to face Manchester City in the final and I don't think Erik Ten Hag's team will win. FA cup becomes the last hope for manchester united. It's better to get a single trophy rather than get nothing. As you can see that how manchester united has been suffering bad performances in EPL. Manchester united may also miss UCL next season. I doubt if MU will able to win FA cup with its horrible performance at this moment. Had been favored to win all the titles in the middle of last season, but it seems that Manchester United failed to get it and even now they are in a bad phase. Especially now that his position is increasingly threatened by the presence of Liverpool and that could be another failure if they are eliminated from the hunt for next season's Champions League slot.
The problem for manchester united was not its opponent but its players. So many times manchester united was losing caused by the blunders that being made by its players. Ten hag must do something or manchester united will get nothing from EPL. Liverpool can be a threat for manchester united to be qualified for UCL next year. Both the FA Cup and the top 4 positions for Manchester United this season have felt almost impossible to achieve and I totally agree that the blunders that are often made by Manchester United players can further exacerbate the existing situation. Looks like Erik Ten Hag can't do anything at the end of this season and maybe Manchester United will only hope for a miracle that will happen later. Now they may be far from good but I think when everyone is back for next season I think they will be able to compete again in all competitions. Erik ten hag must be more assertive to his players and not let mistakes continue to be repeated, that is ridiculous for a team as big as Manchester United.
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It will be very difficult for Real Madrid to win in etihad, immediately Manchester city equalized in their last match against Real Madrid and the match ended as draw, then I believe the chances of Real Madrid winning Manchester city will be very low, whenever Manchester City is playing at etihad, any club is always finding it difficult to win them, most especially in a match like this that they really need, they will put all effort just to win the match, Pep Guardiola is really in need of the champions league. The first mistake Real Madrid made was playing draw against Manchester City in first leg, if Real Madrid won their first leg, it will have been a added advantage for them.
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FzXgB9N4G%2Fphoto-2023-05-11-23-34-32.jpg&t=665&c=3aeu_4E8jp0sTg) It's true that Manchester City have never lost at home and they always manage to beat their opponents when they host. If we look at the matches in the previous rounds this season when Manchester City played away games against Bayern Munich and also Leipzig, most of them always ended in draws and most recently they also managed to hold Real Madrid to a draw at the Santiago Bernabeu. It seems that Manchester City will still be favored to win at home regardless of what will happen, but still their opponent is Real Madrid, which sometimes can turn things around even at home. This will be a place to prove whether Manchester City is able to maintain its unbeaten record at home or Real Madrid manages to break this record at home to Manchester City later.
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After losing against Inter in the first leg of the champions league, this week Milan will play an away game to the headquarters of the Spezia relegation team. Obviously this should be an easy match for Milan, moreover they have the opportunity to temporarily shift Inter's position if they manage to get 3 full points.
But it looks like Milan will still not be strengthened by Rafael Leao who is still injured, but I hope they can still beat Spezia for better results in Serie A. For Spezia they haven't even won in the last 5 matches and only got 1 draw. They have to fight to get away from the relegation zone, but it's a bit too difficult because they are still 3 points away from Verona who are currently right above it.
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There are only four matches remaining and of course, it will not make PSG lose points because in reality, PSG also only gets opponents who on paper at least can still be beaten by PSG. So yes, whatever the situation and conditions PSG are experiencing at this moment, I remain confident that this will not make PSG a sick team by failing to win the Ligue 1 title this season.
After all, this Ligue 1 title is the only hope for PSG to win a trophy this season. So yes, whether or not Messi is in the PSG squad, I personally will remain confident that PSG can overcome the problems that occur. Considering they are debating about Messi's attitude and performance at PSG, to link him to PSG's failure in the Champions League. Of course, this is a very unfortunate assessment because in that way, Messi looks like the source of PSG's problems for the failures he has experienced this season.
I would actually say that it is PSG who failed Messi. The performance of Lionel Messi in PSG was actually not that bad in my opinion. A main problem for PSG fans was that they saw Lionel Messi working a good amount of time on the pitch. But they do not try to understand that if he keeps running almost always he is not going to last the whole 90 minutes. Anyway, I do not believe that Lionel Messi is staying in PSG. PSG is certainly going to be 13 which will always be very interested in the Champions League and a lot of other trophies but in the end, they will only have to be satisfied with having the Ligue 1 title. I think so too and I think Messi's performance is still pretty good while at PSG, it's just that every defeat that PSG receives will be used to blame Messi. Even Messi is the top assist in Ligue 1 so far with a total of 15 assists, isn't that a great contribution to the team? it seems that PSG and its fans are blind to the results that Messi has given. PSG will forever be an extra team in the champions league and I don't think they will ever win the champions league with their current squad, but for ligue 1 they are seasonal champions and no other team can replace them. But Messi's decision to leave PSG was right and a GOAT like Messi shouldn't get full appreciation from any party at PSG. I think he should accept the offer even if another European team tries to sign him because I think it's too bad if Messi leaves Europe first, he is still good enough to compete with other young players.
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Manchester United is fourth in the points table. But relatively weaker than Manchester United, the team in Newcastle is number three in the points table. In fact, currently Manchester United is not able to perform very well. I do not see any possibility of this team to secure the title of Premier League.
What are you talking about Man Unites winning the title? The possibility of Man United winning the Premier League title this season ended several weeks ago. Have you seen the table? Arsenal has three and Man City has four more games to play. And the difference between them and the rest of the clubs in the league is too big. The only question that remains is can Man City keep the advantage they have in front of Arsenal to win the title. This season is already over for Manchester United to win the EPL title and the only title they have won so far is the EFL Cup title. But Manchester United still has 1 more competition, namely the FA Cup, but they have to face Manchester City in the final and I don't think Erik Ten Hag's team will win. Had been favored to win all the titles in the middle of last season, but it seems that Manchester United failed to get it and even now they are in a bad phase. Especially now that his position is increasingly threatened by the presence of Liverpool and that could be another failure if they are eliminated from the hunt for next season's Champions League slot.
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It is wise for Real Madrid to consider youth. Because the youth can make Real Madrid stand tall again. Real Madrid will be considered as the best team if the coaches can develop the youngsters properly through proper coaching. Real Madrid need to make the right decision regarding the problem of old players. From my little knowledge it seems to train young players from home country rather than old expensive players and develop them properly. Better for Real Madrid considering the new team
As far as I know, Ancelotti is a coach who rarely plays young players while he is at AC Milan and I see him still like that IMO. This is what makes Milan fail to regenerate players. If Ancelotti still maintains this, even Madrid have talented young players in their academy, I think it will be useless. He must be able to imitate the style of Rijkaard, Guardiola, Ferguson, Wenger who dare to give opportunities to players who have quality and are still young. Madrid also may not always have money. Because spending on their players is the same as Chelsea and Barcelona in the last few seasons, both are currently experiencing financial problems. Ancelotti is that type of thing, he always wants to keep his very old players in the team, but I think he must have had his reasons for doing so. Maybe what he did at Milan was not in line with what he wanted, but when he is at Real Madrid with that in mind he still wins titles in all competitions. Maybe next season will be the last season for several senior players at Real Madrid such as Benzema, Modric and Kroos because we know all three of them will get a contract extension for one more season. After that, for sure Ancelotti will think about the future of Real Madrid by bringing in some talented young players and I think Florentino Perez will start the Los Galacticos project again.
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Finally the two European league semi-finals that we have been waiting for will start today and it seems that we will be presented with many surprises in this match later. Perhaps Roma against Leverkusen is the most interesting match because these two teams are meeting for the first time and I think either Roma or Levberkusen will try hard to win in this match. Roma will be favored because they are the host, but Leverkusen will try to take advantage of this first leg to secure their chances of qualifying more easily in the second leg later.
The duel between the two Mourinho coaches against Xabi Alonso is also worth waiting for because they will definitely compete with each other to achieve maximum results. It is quite difficult to predict the outcome of this match, but I have the view that if Leverkusen score first then they will win a landslide victory at home to Rome, but if Roma excel first then it seems Leverkusen will have difficulty breaking into Rome's goal and Roma will win this match .
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![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FJ4MmDtNB%2Fphoto-2023-05-11-21-43-59.jpg&t=665&c=N1JemYSWWymwiw) Source: TransfermarktMateo Kovacic was rumored with several of Europe's top teams and as we know that his contract with Chelsea has one more season left, but it seems that Chelsea will not extend it again. On the other hand, maybe Manchester City is the frontrunner to secure his services because Gundogan has been linked with Barcelona several times and it seems he will leave Manchester City after this season ends. Actually, Kovacic is an underrated midfielder who rarely understands his talent, even when he was at Real Madrid he also performed very well and won 3 UCL titles at that time. At almost 30 years old I think he could still be a good option for a top team.
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In last 15 matches, Frankfurt won just two matches with both in DFB Pokal and have no win in Bundesliga if they are able to win against Mainz then surely things can go into their favour but right now performance and confidence both are against them for the seventh spot.
Frankfurt is in a very bad form. Their bad condition is mainly due to weak defense. However, it cannot be said that the Mainz team is in very good form. This team is also weak now. Defeated in the last two matches. And have won only one of the last 5 matches. And so it can be assumed that this match will be very competitive. However, Frankfurt is ahead in the match statistics between these two teams. Although the last two matches were drawn. In the last 5 matches, Frankfurt has won two and drawn three. And so I guess the next match is more likely to be a draw. The difference in points from the two teams is actually not that far and only a difference of 2 points. But Frankfurt as the host will definitely be favored to win in this match and Mainz may have to make every effort not to lose if they want to widen the gap from Frankfurt. If we reflect on the head to head, indeed I quite agree that it is likely that the match will end in a draw again. Maybe I will bet the handicap (0.75) with odds @1.54 in this match for Mainz's advantage, just in case Frankfurt can narrowly win over Mainz later, but if Mainz wins then I will be happier.
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I am happy with Inter Milano 2 - 0 victory over AC Milan in the 1st leg and it seems that this victory was due to an AC Milan player who was injured so he could not play. The 2nd leg matches will take place next week Inter Milano vs AC Milan on 17 may and also Manchester City vs Real Madrid on 18 may. I have made bets for both matches and my bets remain the same as before where I bet on Manchester City and also Inter Milano.
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Indeed, the presence of one of the injured Milan players, Rafael Leao, made it very difficult for Milan to carry out his usual attacks from the left flank and the victory for Inter was also enough to make them confident of playing the second leg. For your bets in the second leg it is very good if you are back to betting on Inter's win and I think even though Real Madrid have never won when they traveled to the Etihad, I have a little doubt whether this time Manchester City can do it again or not because of the aggregate of the two teams it's still a draw and anything can still happen if later the score will end in a draw again until it goes to extra time or penalty shootout. But hopefully your bet is right and can make money again.
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In the last 8 matches Liverpool have won 6 times and drawn 2 times, that in total they have collected 20 points since last month. That is a good achievement and even now they are in 5th place in the standings. The fate of Manchester United is increasingly threatened by the presence of Liverpool as its closest competitor, this also makes them very threatened to secure the Champions League zone next season.
Jurgen Klopp doesn't seem to want to give up even though he had a very bad season and he certainly wants to give the best for his players. Now Liverpool's job is to bulldoze all matches with a win and Manchester United if they experience 1 defeat, then they are finished and must bury their hopes of playing in the Champions League next season.
Liverpool have managed to bounce back towards victory in the last 6 matches which made Jurgen Kloop manage to bring Liverpool to 5th place with the target being to reach the top 4 places. I quite appreciate their performance in the remaining matches this season, Liverpool are getting pretty good results and they are even closer to Manchester United who are in the top 4 places. Liverpool and Manchester United will continue to compete in the remaining matches this season due to the closeness of points which has generated quite a bit of tension for these two teams. If Manchester United loses again in the upcoming match it will open up greater opportunities for Liverpool to shift their ranking. But on the other hand, if Manchester United is able to win in the upcoming match, then the gap in points will be even wider with Liverpool, which will make it difficult for Liverpool to shift their ranking. Liverpool are on fire and it is very difficult for their remaining opponents now to be able to beat them. But there is one team that I think will be difficult for them to beat, namely Aston Villa, even though the matches will start in the next two weeks, I think Jurgen Kloop should be able to secure 3 additional points in that match. We know that currently Aston Villa is also a team that is on the rise and at least Unai Emery wants his players to work hard to secure European league slots next season. Meanwhile, Manchester United, even though their opponents are not that strong, but with so many players still injured, of course this will be a bad trend because they have recently often lost without a full main squad in every match. Therefore I'm not sure Manchester United can maintain position 4 in the standings this season.
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Many people have been talking about the possibility of mourinho to go to the PSG but so far there was no confirmation from the special one. Recently the special one has been giving confirmation if PSG never contact him. That means if the rumor about PSG in talks with him was actually bullshit. Media was creating such fake rumor for their own benefits. Roma boss Jose Mourinho dismissed rumours linking him with a move to Paris Saint-Germain. “PSG? If they looked for me they didn’t find me, they haven’t reached out to me.” https://romapress.net/jose-mourinho-dismisses-psg-rumours/Sometimes it's very hard to know which rumor that has good accuracy and which is not. No possibility for the special one move to the league 1. It's very natural for the media to report these rumors because the name of the special one is so well-known and I think it was the right decision for Mourinho to confirm the rumors circulating that he was linked with PSG. With Mourinho's statement, it proves that the rumors that have existed so far are only made up by the media and I think that even if PSG really want to get Mourinho, at least he should meet, then discuss it to a more advanced stage. However, it is unlikely that Mourinho will leave Roma without a title and if Roma fail to win the Europa League this season, I think Mourinho will do it again next season.
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